This is a handwritten word from a document penned by President William Howard Taft. The word “you” was cut from a four page letter written by Taft on his personal letterhead to Gus Karger dated September 15, 1919.

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, from 1909-1913. Taft was also Solicitor General under Benjamin Harrison, Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt, and the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, serving from 1921-1930.